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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Thu May 28, 2015, 05:32 PM May 2015

Hillary Clinton Spoke About Policy Positions, But Media Only Heard Her Southern Accent-HRC Room



HILLARY CLINTON ROOM

EMILY ARROWOOD

Hillary Clinton returned to South Carolina this week to rally support for her 2016 White House bid, and despite speaking at length about the substance of her campaign platform, media chose to fixate on her southern accent.

While speaking to the South Carolina Democratic Women's Council, Clinton laid out her vision for America and highlighted her support for President Obama following their 2008 primary fight. In her remarks, Clinton placed a heavy emphasis on her support for gender pay equality and helping middle class families, while pushing for civility and coalition-building:


http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/28/hillary-clinton-spoke-about-policy-positions-bu/203799


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Hillary Clinton Spoke About Policy Positions, But Media Only Heard Her Southern Accent-HRC Room (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2015 OP
And the media wonders why she ignores them. misterhighwasted May 2015 #1
Exactly. She should not give in to them. hrmjustin May 2015 #2
The new scandal. Iliyah May 2015 #3
lol. hrmjustin May 2015 #6
The same bunch doesn't see the forest because of the trees either. Thinkingabout May 2015 #4
Sad but the media is out to get her. hrmjustin May 2015 #7
Thank goodness for the Internet Politicub May 2015 #5
Yes thank God we have other sources. hrmjustin May 2015 #8
The focus is on Hillary because she is the frontrunner OKNancy May 2015 #9
Yep. hrmjustin May 2015 #10
And in other news, okasha May 2015 #11
Yes it is dead. hrmjustin May 2015 #12

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. The same bunch doesn't see the forest because of the trees either.
Thu May 28, 2015, 06:35 PM
May 2015

They can't find negative talking points so let us listen to her southern accent.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
5. Thank goodness for the Internet
Thu May 28, 2015, 06:43 PM
May 2015

and having a direct channel to connect with people. If the mainstream media were the only game in town, the only thing we would ever hear about are accents and other things that don't matter.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
9. The focus is on Hillary because she is the frontrunner
Thu May 28, 2015, 08:17 PM
May 2015

They have no one else to set their sites on. They love to try to bring down the strong. It's what they do.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
11. And in other news,
Thu May 28, 2015, 09:05 PM
May 2015

that faint shadow behind her ankle might be a run in her stocking.

No wonder she snubs the pseudo-journalist loons. No wonder Bernie Sanders' attempts to court the press are failing. Real journalism died with Walter Cronkite's generation.

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